Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-13
c.orm Breaks Over Kalakaua's
r,oedom and Sweeps His Min.
istry From Power.
King Himself Forced to Reform
=, His "Loyal Subjects" Oh
Threats Of Deposition.
stormy Scenes But no Bloodshed in the
Troubled Isles Of the North
Pacific Seas.
~. storm Cloud Breaks.

Can FRANCISCO July ".-Ane s'eanishl
.,.;oosa, which arrived from Australi
An~orping, having touched at the H,
'D ~, Islands, brings the important info
'" .;on that the expected revolution in tt
n%so;isp Kingdom has actually occurre.
en,nulation organized and demande
i'iovnfall OF the Ministry or the abdic,
Wv ., the King. The residents of Honolul
,.he surrounding country have assume
".olice powers OF the Government. Th
''nteer military forces OF the Cover
'v ~, are Joining with them. As a result
~, Gibson Ministry has fallen, and
'si,et named by the people, headed b.
S1i.m NJ. Green, has been appointed
w., Kslakua is permitted to remain o.
throne, although Invested OF all pres
.,over. having acceded to the deman,
now constitution and to abide by tn
4 Of The people. The King was
THOROUGHLY ALARMED,
ID on July 1st called a meeting OF thu
s.,;can ministry, the British commits
s'1., the French commissioner and thu
n'..r,ese minister, to whom he offered to
..,.,sr nro TEN. the power vested in hin
w., These officers refused to accept
q a.s Init advised the king to lose no
.s ~ farming a new cabinet and consti.
tne Il which he followed. Walter M.
I nui.ar and his %son-in-law, H. Hayselden,
ulo.o naSr arrest, having been seized by the
se ans when attempting to escape. The
,ooP assumed control of affairs in the
Pop ,dom on June 25th, and were joined by
AZ. nlni gonolulu rifles and other hastily or
,ani,ed military companies. Patrols were
sstablshed throughout the city and guards
,laeed over the artillery armor'es. On the
.Asrnoon of June 3Oth a mass meeting was
HELD TO THE ARMY
1.-The Honolulu Rifles. The meeting having
On advertised by posters in English.
,,vaiian and Portuguese long before the
nr Of the meeting the approaches to the
,radiug were thronged with all classes Of
.,,,,o All stores and shops had been
yosed. All approaches to the palace were
tsr;caded. but the royal troops made no
Sn II meeting the volunteer troops. Out
40 Al the armury the Honolulu Rifles were
sndsr arms. On the walls OF the armory,
hs,k Of the platform, were displayed
hawaiian, American and English flags.
The meeting was addressed in the English
and Hawaiian languages, an resolutions
we're adopted declaring that the admins
ration Of the Hawaiian Government has
ceased, through
CORRUPTION AND INCOMPETENCE,
adequately to perform the functions and
afford the protection to personal and prop
erty rights for which all governments exist.
The meeting formulated the following de-
mand on the King:
"First-That he shall at once and uncon-
d~itionslly dismiss his present cabinet from
Office. and we ask that he shall cal! on
these persons, namely: William L. Greene,
Henry Warehouse, Godfrey Brown or
Mark P. Robinson to assist him in select
ing new Cabinet, which shall be commit
ted to the policy Of securing a new consti-
tuition"
"Second-That Walter M. Gleason shall
be dismissed from each and every Office
isld by him under the Government. The
bird and fourth demands were that the
King should make restitution for $4,000
dopium bride money and dismiss Junius
Eaal, register of c~onsignees, who was i'm
phcated in the bribery.
"Fiith-That we request a specific pledge
hOn the King that he will not in future
interfere either directly or Indirectly with
s~slection Of representatives, and that lie
will not interfere with or attempt to unduly
influence legislation or legislators"
These demands were been turned over to
%iommittee Of ID, who made their way to
The palace and submitted them to the
hing. News had already reached the pal
ie and the Gibson ministry at nee made
ont their r~erignations. During the pro.
lsss Of the mass meeting speeches were
maze by all the prominent citizens, all of
'hotn declared the king must abdicate at
once or accede to popular demands. Be.
lore the meeting closed the fallen minister,
soson, sent a request for a guard OF the
honolulu rifles to protect him at his resi-
1e1ee against a mob OF Hawaiians. On
fnaay, July LIST, the steamship Mariposa
arrived from Australia bringing 200 stand
YARNS addressed to Gibson, minister.
THESE WERE SEIZED
"the peoples committee and stored in
zoe Armory OF the Honolulu Rifles. After
onerrlng with representatives OF foreign
'%o'ernments on July L. Kalakua form
.y appointed VIM. L. Green, Prime Min
fWf and Minister OF foreign affairs who
"nptted a cabinet as follows:
"a. lhurston, Minister of Interior.
CCOairey Brown, Minister OF Finance.
wv Ashford, Attorney General.
1HE SURRENDER OF KING KALAKUA
"'0e demand OF the populace was as com
p@e as the ignomy endured by his late
4'lstry. In response to the demands
|I'ae upon him, he replied in detail. His
Nd is as follows:
. the Honorable Gentlemen composing
%e committee OF a meeting of subjects
md citizens:
v.S1LEMEN-In acknowledging the re-
s ~. VI my resolutions adopted at q mass
'Sns held yesterday and presented to
ny you, we are pleased to convey
"tusn you to our loyal subjects, as well
H., W 1ae citizens OF Honolulu, u express
. ~ oi good will and our qualification that
sn, osopIe have taken the usual constitu'
h ToI "a. step in presenting their grievances.
r .Me nrst proposition contained IN n
,t Mulion passed by the meeting, whose
i you represent, we reply, that
Gs aas been substantially comp
Nr,;",.n' by the formal resignation OF the
jpsa 'ry; which took place on the 2Sth OF
ma. ana was accepted on that date, and
Ep"cchad already requested the Hon.
"a, r.ureene to form a new Cabinet on n
MI succeeding the resignation OF the Cab''
waI ssne second proposition we reply that
,sc;ol A. Glbson has severed all his con.
by ,s oas with the Hawaiian Government
.S'he third proposition we reply that
r nss not admit the truth of the matters
spb;s". %tnerein, but will submit the whole
st IT, 70 our new Cabinet and will gladly
suss wording to their advice, and will
bund D'tutlon to be made by the parties
At On, olourth proposition we reply that
The 40 nesommand Mr.. Junius kaal resigned
Tie 9s,a OF Registrar of Conveyances on
been .n OF June, and his successor has
The sna";e alth proposition, we reply that
AverslIInn ic pledges required OF us are each
assura y acceeded to. We are pleased to
nysl s .he members the committee and our
tines ~ "!ects that we are and shall at all
With on, anxious and ready to cooperate
With IN. :ounselors and advisers as well as
IN all Intelligent and patriotic citizens
ltosno,a..'efs touching the welfare and
eperity Of our Kingdom.
luly, 4 az our Palace. this first day OF
Our re;", 1887, and fourteenth year Of
!" KALAKAUA REX.
An ABSOLUTE COME DOWN.
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